Please join WDC on November 19th from 12:30 to 1:30 PM ET for a political briefing featuring our special guest, Congressman John Sarbanes (D-MD).

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Join us on Tuesday, July 21, noon. Register Here.

Back by popular demand! Kristen Clarke, President & Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, leads one of the country’s most important national civil rights organizations in the pursuit of equal justice for all. In addition to promoting fair housing and community development, economic justice, equal educational opportunity, criminal justice, and judicial diversity, Ms. Clarke and the Lawyers’ Committee are fierce watchdogs against voter suppression -- an ongoing threat hovering over the 2020 election. That work is especially timely now, when the foundations of our democracy are under assault from powers at home and around the world.

Ms. Clarke has called our current situation “a perfect storm” of pandemic, massive unemployment, and racial injustice. With people in the streets calling for “No Justice, No Peace,” Ms. Clarke and the Lawyers’ Committee are warriors for justice, laying the groundwork for peace by combatting discrimination and fighting for civil rights enforcement on all fronts. “We know the answers to these problems,” she says. “We just need the political will to solve them."

When: Monday, July 13, 2:00 pm

How to Register: Members and non-members can register for this free public event here, MyWDC. On the day of the event you will receive the Zoom link.

Baltimore native DeRay Mckesson is an internationally recognized civil rights activist focused primarily on issues of innovation, equity, and justice. He is a leading voice in the Black Lives Matter movement and a co-founder of Campaign Zero . His work inspired WDC’s current push to convince all agencies with arrest powers in Montgomery County to adopt the common-sense police practices in Campaign Zero’s #8CantWait initiative . He hosts the podcast Pod Save the People, and just released his first book, On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope. Join WDC for DeRay Mckesson’s observations on a new liberation movement and his intimate reflections from the front lines of that movement. Thanks to our friends at Politics & Prose, for offering attendees a 10% discount on Mckesson's book here. Use the code SPECIAL10 at checkout.

When: Friday, July 10, 2020, 1:00 pm.

How to Register: Members and non-members can register for this free public event here, MyWDC. On the day of the event you will receive the Zoom link. .

With all eyes on Black Lives Matter, you won’t want to miss our Zoominar with Angela J. Davis, Professor Davis will examine the recent killings of unarmed Black men and women through the lens of prosecutorial power and racism in the criminal justice system, highlighting the importance of State’s Attorney elections. She brings a career’s worth of expertise to this discussion, having directed the D.C. Public Defender Service and the National Rainbow Coalition. Davis serves on the board of the Sentencing Project, is a member of the Council on Criminal Justice, and has won awards for her teaching and her scholarly works.

Join us via Zoom on Friday, June 19, at 1:00 pm for a discussion with Senator Mark Warner. Register here . You will receive the Zoom link on the day of the event.

Mark Warner has served as U.S. Senator from Virginia since 2008, following a term as the State’s Governor. In the Senate, he is on the Finance, Banking, Budget, and Rules Committees. He is also vice chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence – a position that draws on his private sector experience in the telecom industry and as a venture capitalist for technology start-ups. In addition to government oversight of tech companies, that position gives him a platform for addressing government’s role in reducing misinformation, election interference, cybersecurity breaches, and other ways technology threatens our democracy.

Come prepared to ask Senator Warner about racial equity and other current issues, as well as his expectations for the Select Committee on Intelligence over the next four years, when – we hope – the Democrats will control the Senate and he will lead that Committee.

Join us on June 4, 1:00 PM via Zoom. Sign up here to receive the Zoom link. with Ben Sheehan is on a mission to increase voter participation. In 2016, after an award-winning stint as executive producer of “Funny or Die,” Ben used digital videos to help register 50,000 new voters, as executive director of Save the Day. In 2018, he founded OMG WTF (Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, Wisconsin, Texas, Florida) to teach voters about executive races. That same year, The Hollywood Reporter included him among the entertainment industry’s “NextGen: 35 Rising Executives Under 35.” Fast Company named his Gerrymander Jewelry project a finalist for its 2019 World Changing Ideas. Ben Sheehan’s new book, OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say?, is an entertaining, accessible, illustrated primer on how our government is supposed to work, intended to turn readers into informed, effective voters.
Don’t miss Ben Sheehan, whom Oregon’s legendary Powell’s Books described as “a political savant and entertainment veteran.” Ben's mom, former WDC Vice President Riki Sheehan, will introduce him as he kicks off WDC's Zoom discussion series.  

Dinner Speech and Q&A with Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh. RSVP by April 5.

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Neera Tanden is President and CEO of the Center for American Progress (https://www.americanprogress.org) and the Center for American Progress Fund, working to expand opportunities for all Americans. She is a savvy Democratic Party advisor, valued campaign strategist, and in-demand guest on the talk show circuit. She served in both the Obama and Clinton administrations, as well as on Presidential campaigns.  Register Here

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Chris Matthews is a renowned author and host of MSNBC’s Hardball. He will talk about his new book, Robert Kennedy: A Raging Spirit, in this exclusive pre-release discussion. 

Wednesday, October 25
at Normandie Farm

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